Posts Tagged ‘e-bikes’
Sleek and Powerful Mambas Bring Affordable Innovation
~ Sponsored Content ~ A new player with an exceptional focus on new technology and innovation has emerged in Australia’s micromobility landscape. PedL, based in inner-Sydney, is introducing its Mamba brand of e-bikes to provide new cutting-edge solutions for the ever-evolving world of transportation. Business owners Kuda Kwatara and Tadana Maruta are focused on providing…
Restored Partnership a Silver Bullitt for Cargo Conversion
Melbourne, Victoria While bicycle companies around the globe are looking down the barrel of a testing economic climate for the next few months at least, one Melbourne business has turned to a Bullitt as a solution. E-Cargo and commuter e-bike specialist Dutch Cargo last week signed as a distributor for Bullitt, a lightweight, front-loading cargo…
OKGO Takes Digitisation Further
Taipei, Taiwan Taiwanese manufacturer OKGO is continuing the progression of e-bikes towards integration and digitalisation, with its carbon-framed Smart E-Bike unveiled at Taipei Cycle. With a futuristic monocoque carbon frame that hints at the technology contained within, the urban e-bike has a handlebar-integrated Smart Bike Display that receives voice commands, can use fingerprint scans to…
Tiller Turning to Investors to Save Roadster Project
Fremantle, WA A WA-based premium e-bike developer, Tiller Rides, has opened the door for an investor or buyer to keep its program on track, after the company went into voluntary administration last month amid a series of adversities in the economic climate. Costly production delays caused by Covid restrictions, followed by a tightening financial market,…
Letter from America – New Bugbears for US Industry
SANTA FE, New Mexico It seems the US bicycle industry has set aside – at least for the moment – worries over supply chain disruption, overseas shipping costs, and tariffs on some Chinese imports. That’s not to say these concerns are unimportant, but the industry is moving full speed ahead into other hot button issues.…
Production Breakthrough for Chainless Drive System
Munich, Germany The horizons for future e-bike designs opened considerably last month, when Munich-based e-cargo bike company Mocci became the first brand to go into production using a chainless drive system developed by fellow German company Schaeffler. The Free Drive system, unveiled back in August 2021 and now incorporated into Mocci’s Smart Pedal Vehicles, opens…
Top European Manufacturer Launches New E-Bike Subsidiary in Australia
Wels, Austria Europe’s leading manufacturer of powered two-wheelers, Pierer Mobility Group, has launched an Australian subsidiary of its “new mobility” division. Pierer New Mobility Australia has established a headquarters in Sydney and has launched the business this year with its brands Husqvarna E-Bicycles and Gas Gas, a Spanish motorcycle manufacturer that moved into e-bikes in…
Bike Industry Launches its Own Battery Fire Risk Investigation
Melbourne, Victoria An Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation into the fire risk of lithium batteries has sparked a deeper review into e-bike batteries by Bicycle Industries Australia. BIA gained a deadline extension for its submission on the ACCC’s issues paper on ways to reduce the “significant” fire and safety risks associated with lithium-ion…
Sam Sells Treadly But Keeps a Hand on the Levers
Adelaide, SA Adelaide urban and touring bike specialist Treadly Bike Shop has been sold … but don’t expect founder Sam Neeft to walk away completely from the business he has built over the past 12 years. The boutique store, located in the inner suburb of Norwood, has become the maiden business venture for former mining…
Tiller Sows Seeds for Greater E-Bike Integration and Innovation
Fremantle, WA A WA e-bike manufacturer with ambitions to be Australia’s micromobility answer to Tesla has released its first batch of bikes on the eastern seaboard. The Fremantle start-up, Tiller Rides, has started delivering approximately 50 of its pre-ordered Roadster e-bike up and down the east coast, after previously supplying initial buyers in its home…